Italian Apple Cake
photo by justcallmetoni
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
- 2 cooking apples
- 1 lemon, juice of
- 118.29 ml raisins
- 236.59 ml walnuts
- 14.79 ml sugar
- 118.29 ml shredded coconut (not dessicated)
- 354.88 ml plain flour (all purpose)
- 4.92 ml baking powder
- 4.92 ml cinnamon
- 4.92 ml nutmeg
- 2 large eggs
- 177.44 ml sugar
- 150 g butter, melted
- 29.58 ml amaretto liqueur (substitute a couple of drops of almond essence or omit this step if neither is available)
- icing sugar, for dusting (confectioner's)
directions
- Set oven to 180C (350F).
- Grease and lightly flour a 23cm (9 inch) round cake tin.
- You'll also need three mixing bowls- small, medium and large- for this recipe.
- DO NOT PEEL the apples.
- Cut into chunks about 1/2" square- discarding the core.
- Place apple chunks into the first (medium) mixing bowl.
- Toss apple in lemon juice to avoid discoloration, then drain off and discard excess juice.
- Add raisins and coconut to the apples.
- Tip walnuts onto cutting board and sprinkle over 1 tablespoon sugar.
- Chop nuts roughly with the sugar, then add nuts and'nut flavoured' sugar to the apple mixture.
- Mix well.
- In the second (large) mixing bowl, sift flour, baking powder, cinnamon and nutmeg.
- In the third (small) bowl, combine eggs and sugar and beat until light and lemon colored.
- Still beating, add the melted butter and the liqueur (or essence).
- Make a well in the centre of the flour mixture and add the egg mixture.
- Stir until well combined.
- Tip in the apple mixture and mix well.
- At this stage it may seem you have too much apple and not enough batter- don't worry!
- Turn the mixture into the prepared cake tin.
- Bake on the centre shelf of the oven at 180C (350F) for about 45-50 minutes or until the top of the cake has turned a nice golden brown.
- (Test with a skewer if unsure.) Remove cake from oven, turn onto a rack to cool.
- Sprinkle with icing (confectioner's) sugar to serve.
- Serve with thick cream.
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For Christmas this year, my neighbor presented me with a huge assortment of apples. Decided to thank her by preparing a nice apple cake to compliment her traditional Itailian Christmas dinner. While I can't comment on the final taste, thought I would drop a note about the preparation. The directions were just terrific and precise, something much appreciated in this cake which is somewhat unusual. Thanks for the warning about the batter. I really didn't seem like enough while I was putting the apple, nuts, coconut and raisins in. But in fact the cake had a good rise and enveloped the apples and other goodies. The smell was just amazing and the cake quite moist like a pudding cake. If there are leftovers, I get to try it tomorrow and report back.
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Very delicious. I made this last night with our Italian meal and it was very good. It baked up easily and I served it with whipped fresh cream that I barely sweetened. The cake does have lots of flavor so I didn't want anything to over power that. I love the amaretto in it and I used granny smith apples. Thanks for sharing and letting me review your 1st post!!
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This is very yummy! I used almond extract as I didn't have any amaretto - I think a few drops is insufficient. I used about 1/2 tsp and found that the taste is ok, not too strong. I would have preferred to use slightly more. I halved the recipe and baked as cupcakes (180C, 20mins) - it's easier as I don't need to cut it, and it's easier to bring to my friends. I really like the chopped walnuts in these. I used my Tefal grinder to chop them. I also sprinkled some reserved walnuts ontop of the cupcakes. These have really good flavor and chock full of goodies. Thanks for posting. (PICK YOUR CHEF Nov04)
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